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eBay Topic API

The Topic API from eBay — 2 operation(s) for topic.

eBay Topic API is one of 64 APIs that eBay publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Topic. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, release notes, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version v1.9.2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.ebay.com{basePath}.

2 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
v1.9.2
Base URL
https://api.ebay.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Contact
eBay Inc,
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

eBay Topic API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (api_auth) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes.

  • api_auth — The security definitions for this API. Please check individual operations for applicable scopes.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Topic 2
GET
/topic/{topic_id}
This method allows applications to retrieve details for the specified topic. This information includes supported schema versions, formats, and other metadata for the topic. Applications can subscribe…
getTopic 1 param → 200400404500
GET
/topic
This method returns a paginated collection of all supported topics, along with the details for the topics. This information includes supported schema versions, formats, and other metadata for the top…
getTopics 2 params → 200400500

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Topic (8 properties), TopicSearchResponse (5 properties), PayloadDetail (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PayloadDetail
object
A type that describes the details about a topic's payload.
4 properties
TopicSearchResponse
object
A type that describes the details of the topic search response.
5 properties
Topic
object
A type that describes the details of the topic.
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ebay-topic-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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